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New York Times, Wednesday, October 21, 1959

24-Across : Swashbuckler's forte.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,750
Across
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Ran off. : FLED
5
Grass-cloth plant. : RAMIE
10
Untroubled. : CALM
14
Elegance: Fr. : LUXE
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Correct a text. : EMEND
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___ ben Adhem. : ABOU
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Grampus. : ORCA
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Sour. : VINAIGROUS
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Nonpareil. : PEERLESS
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Gumshoe. : SLEUTH
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Veracity twisters. : LIARS
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Swashbuckler's forte. : BOASTS
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Overthrows. : UPSETS
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Beaches. : SANDS
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"Après ___ le déluge." : MOI
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Quantities. : HEAPS
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Part. : SEVER
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Question in a math exam: Abbr. : PROB
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Silken. : SERIC
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Lay by. : SAVE
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Barber shop item. : STROP
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Lively dance. : GALOP
44
Diamond girl. : LIL
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Pardon. : REMIT
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Type of periodical. : WEEKLY
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Cotton fabric for shirts. : MADRAS
51
Knowing. : CANNY
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Type of entertainment. : COMEDY
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Orchestra circle. : PARTERRE
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What 3 Down means. : EVERUPWARD
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River into the Black Sea. : RION
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Child: Span. : NINO
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Island in Gulf of Riga. : OESEL
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Archaic tale of adventures. : GEST
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Ending on a cardinal number. : TEEN
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Trifling. : PETTY
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River in the lowlands. : YSER
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Cousin of a dud. : FLOP
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Attraction. : LURE
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Motto of the Empire State. : EXCELSIOR
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Relative of "honey." : DEARIE
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Changes to the opposite. : REVERSES
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Wrongly. : AMISS
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Part of Y.M.C.A. : MENS
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___ sense (from one aspect). : INA
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Inventor of the kinetoscope. : EDISON
10
Pet and pat. : CARESSES
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All around. : ABOUT
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Boors. : LOUTS
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Shout to sled dogs. : MUSH
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Florist's term for sword lilies. : GLADS
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Strip of wood. : LATH
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Herb. : BASIL
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Diamond men. : UMPS
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Larboard. : PORT
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Jack ___. : SPRAT
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Breastplate of Athena. : AEGIS
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Odin's daughters. : VALKYRIES
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Harm. : EVIL
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Count (on). : RELY
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Abut. : BORDERON
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Describing a fictional lion. : COWARDLY
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Lost to view. : PERDU
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Closely confined. : PENT
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Former State flower of Tennessee. : MAYPOP
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Capacity for performing work, in physics. : ENERGY
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Type of entertainment. : MOVIE
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Agreeable. : AMENE
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Proofreaders' mark. : CARET
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Per ___. : CENT
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Later than. : PAST
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Color. : ROSE
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___'acte. : ENTR
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Tiny. : WEE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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